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15495
Hi All: I don't have any answer to the softball team question. I don't know who Jim McCourt is, but when I lived in Reading, MA (1949-1951) I had a neighbor ...
Dwight Smith
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May 1, 2005
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15496
Getting back to the heater issue... The coffins have their distinctive shape ad placement as a result of, I believe, the necessity of making them fit on a...
John Alan Roderick
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May 1, 2005
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15497
The recent threads on the 2-10-2's FWH have keyed my interest as to what types run from WRJ north. Photo evidence is almost non-existence. Before I get into...
Roger Robar
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May 1, 2005
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15498
Concerning the Mudsuckers Roger; I remember reading in Ralph Fisher's book about a trip on, IIRC, the New Hampshire Division, with a 2-10-2 where he remarked...
John Alan Roderick
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May 1, 2005
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15499
Roger, Check page 11 of the Winter 1978-79 BULLETIN. Coffin-equipped #2920 ran the Woodsville-WRJ segment of DJ-2 on March 26, 1942. Tim Gilbert...
Tim Gilbert
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May 1, 2005
4:32 pm
15500
Here's a photo of Coffin equipped 2920 out behind the shop at N. Walpole, NH. As these were too long for the table there it had to have come down from White...
Scott J. Whitney
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May 1, 2005
4:37 pm
15501
Gentlemen, Seems that I recall a photo in some publication (B&M Bulletin maybe?) that possibly showed a Mudsucker southbound from Berlin NH sitting just north...
Dave & Wanda Poor
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May 1, 2005
4:44 pm
15502
Anyone no why the last unit was numbered 2920 instead of 2910? Minuteman Steam offers no explanation except to state 2910-2919 weren't used. Duane Goodman ... ...
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May 1, 2005
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15503
Duane, as stated in Harry Frye's articles, there were no 'rhyme or reason' on what locomotives were used for "weight distribution". #2920 was done in 1944 as...
Roger Robar
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May 1, 2005
6:13 pm
15504
Thanks, Tim, Scott and John for the additional info on the 2-10-2's north of WRJ. Without doubt the reason there are so few photos of the 'Mudsuckers' in the...
Roger Robar
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May 1, 2005
6:43 pm
15505
narrow & wide monitors are already in resin by Train & Trooper. I would think a 1900 series 4 door thermo cool milk car would be a good choice, or a B&M wood...
Alan Clark
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May 1, 2005
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15506
errr I meant 1700 series.... ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection...
Alan Clark
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May 1, 2005
8:28 pm
15507
I have an unbuilt Funaro & Camerlengo resin kit of the 1700 series 4-door w/Thermo King. Don't know if it's still available, but it has a 1-piece body...
jbvb@...
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May 1, 2005
10:06 pm
15508
One of the 2-10-2s that was written up in Vanishing Markers ran from Boston to N. Billerica, where it derailed. The other was from WRJ. jbvb...
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May 1, 2005
10:08 pm
15509
... No problem, thanks... ... Thos of us who have milling machines (me, at least), can consider making a fixture to hold either the detached side, or the whole...
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May 1, 2005
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15510
... Thanks for the reference, one 'r' was missing, but people probably figured it out: http://jbvb.ex.com/rr/bmrr/b_and_m.html My freight car info definitely...
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May 1, 2005
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15511
JBVB, Check out Highball Graphics website. I bought a maroon caboose set from them to do my narrow monitor...even has gold or white herald and division names....
Alan Clark
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May 1, 2005
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15512
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the BM_RR group. File : /Don Haskel Snap...
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May 2, 2005
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15513
Alan Clark <minute_man200@y...> wrote: Check out Highball Graphics website. I bought a maroon caboose set from them to do my narrow monitor...even has gold or...
john148ny
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May 2, 2005
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15514
jbvb@t... wrote: Not a tough paint/decal job, but the AccuCals caboose sets are pretty scarce now, and I'm not sure what else has the right MinuteMan. In ...
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May 2, 2005
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15515
I guess the question is which B&M caboose would be the most numerous during the transition era (late 40's through mid 50's). Anyone feel comfortable answering...
Jim Flynn
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May 2, 2005
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15516
... What kind of service do you want your buggy for - local, main line, etc.? Tim Gilbert...
Tim Gilbert
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May 2, 2005
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15517
OK. I've heard enough. Help a neophyte. Why are they called "mudsuckers"? Roy ... From: "Dave & Wanda Poor" <dwhstj@...> To:...
Roy Breon
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May 2, 2005
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15518
... "Mudsuckers" was the term given to B&M's Class S-1 2-10-2's by crews because, according to Harry Frye, "supposedly due to be B&M's first stoker equipped...
Tim Gilbert
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May 2, 2005
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15519
This is an interesting possibility. What is known about the final disposition of MEADOW LARK/SHORE LARK? jacob klerman rom somewhere). ... buf-lng cars that...
Klerman, Jacob
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May 2, 2005
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15520
Hi All: If my memory serves correctly, and the fact that I used to pore over many B&M train sheets 1947-1950, I believe the final freight runs for the 2-10-2s...
Dwight Smith
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May 2, 2005
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15521
... Quantity of Buggies on the B&M 1949 1954 34' IL Five Window Narrow Monitor 13 9 34' IL Four Window Narrow Monitor...
Tim Gilbert
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May 2, 2005
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15522
"Klerman, Jacob" <klerman@r...> wrote: What is known about the final disposition of MEADOW LARK/SHORE LARK? ... I've seen a casual mention on the NHRHTA forum...
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May 2, 2005
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15523
... The 12 of the 22 B&M-owned sleepers were converted to baggage cars in 1954 or after: Pullman Name B&M Baggage Car # Graynook 3334 ...
Tim Gilbert
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May 2, 2005
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15524
I seem to recall somewhere reading or hearing that the idea due to WPB restrictions on diesels was to do the weight redistriution on the 21 engines leaving...
JOHN HUTCHINS
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